At the State Fair, I ran into Jeff Freeland Nelson (of our favorite toys YOXO–I think I’m going to call him Jeff YOXO from now on). I mentioned that I was so disappointed that Dan Marshall and Millie Adelsheim had closed Peapods earlier in the summer.

Jeff looked me right in the eyes and said, “They are opening a new toy store! I think they are going to call it Mystique or something like that.”

“What! Are you serious?”

I couldn’t believe it. But it’s true. All except the name of the store.